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Lifestyle Management with Network Marketing
Ever wonder why we do all this stuff for? Why do we work hard and try to build a business? Why do we take on rejection and obstacles and make ourselves uncomfortable? It is because you dream and desire a better lifestyle. You do not have to wait and delay living an abundant life, you can choose to start designing a better life right now and this post will help.
Re-Reading the 4HWW
On the flight back from Vail I started re-reading the 4 Hour Workweek on my iPhone while my son and I passed the iPad back and forth playing scrabble. I read this book years ago when I was just starting out trying to learn the Internet. I believe now, and back then, that book is one of the most impacting books I have ever read. It also made me realize that I have designed a pretty awesome lifestyle through network marketing and that anyone can do the same thing if they follow a certain formula.
Steps to Design the Lifestyle of Your Dreams
1. Pick people, not opportunity. People ask me why I chose my network marketing company and I tell them the product attracted me but the founders and leaders are what made me commit. Too often people buy into the marketing of a product or compensation plan to realize later that they have no support. If you have not created a large following or have an existing team, the lack of support will crush you.
2. Pay attention to what your niche wants and ask questions about. In designing a great lifestyle, you don’t want to have to constantly repeat yourself. This is one thing I wanted to avoid with this attempt at network marketing versus my prior ones. By building my asset of knowledge (this blog), there are few questions in this niche that I have not answered in my blogs. If you want to experience what I am talking about, google (ray higdon “your mlm question”) such as Ray Higdon bandit signs, ray higdon offline marketing, ray higdon attraction marketing, ray higdon blog traffic, etc. You should find answers in about any direction you take it. How does this help? Well, when someone asks me a question, I can typically find an answer I have already provided online and supply them with the link, this keeps me from repeating myself and focused on the higher producing tasks.
My son driving the dogsled
3. Look at your life, not just your network marketing business, and see where you can do it more effectively and efficiently. The book does a great job of talking about this. Too often I see people not even consider being more efficient in their fulltime job, not make any adjustments and then wonder why their network marketing business isn’t taking off. I am not saying you have to work 24 hours a day but I am willing to bet you could be more effective at your fulltime job thereby giving you more time to work your side business into your fulltime income.
4. Spend your brainpower focused on your residual income. Why do we work hard? I would hope to have more security and also to have more options and freedom. Instead of looking for the hottest current thing that makes you a bonus or two, focus on your choice of a network marketing company and build your residual. It is the lowest overhead and risk way that I know to build passive income. What is hot as an affiliate product may come and go but if you get hooked into a good team and a good network marketing company, that can be your bread and butter. What I see as a test of awesome freedom is if you can take a killer vacation, let the pursestrings fly and do anything you want and still come home to more passive income than you spent that week, that, is pretty cool. 
5. Be specific and create a reward. I would highly suggest creating a very specific reward that you save money for, like a vacation. Too often I see people have a goal of making $20,000 a month and with that empty of a goal, they don’t create the vision to see it through. But, if you have priced out a specific vacation, you can easily recall what you are working for and keep going until you have saved enough to make it happen. Most people come back from a vacation fired up and refreshed and with an idea of what they want to do next.
At Namale in Fiji
Lifestyle Engineering
In the past 60 days we have been to Fiji for our honeymoon, Pennsylvania with family, a staycation at a local Hyatt, a week in Vail and on Saturday we leave for a 6 day cruise we won through our primary company. Now, that is pretty cool but what is cooler is while at all of these locations, we have residual income coming in regardless of our work output. If you do not currently have a way where you can earn residual while you are doing the things you truly want to do, perhaps it is time to go through the above steps.
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January 5, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Great post Ray. I really like the part about visioning and creating a reward. by the way, where is Vail? looks like a nice place to visit!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Thanks Lee. Vail is in Colorado.
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January 5, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Ray you make a pretty powerful statement when you say that too many networkers pick a product or compensation plan when considering a network marketing business.
However, most fail to realize that without the proper leadership they are setting themselves up for failure.
Leadership coupled that embodies integrity coupled with support for its’ members is always more important.
By the way, love the family pics
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Leadership and community is so important! Thanks Chante!
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January 5, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Ray good advice on picking people..Not Opportunity! I totally agree
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Thanks Mike!
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January 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Great stuff Ray A solid foundation to get the year off running
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Absolutely!
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January 5, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Great Post as Always Ray! Goal orientation vs $$ is always the thing that has pushed me in the past. Soooo much good stuff I wish I could comment on but I don’t want to write a book! I’ll save it for my own blog! :p
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Thank you so much Roger!
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January 5, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Good job. People are so important. I agree. Have a great day.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Thanks Bruce
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January 5, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Thank you for this post today Ray, it brings me great insight. I have always focused on working as hard as possible and being 100% efficient on that JOB (just over broke).
Since being my layoff began, my learning experiences with networking marketing has turned my focus in a whole different direction.
I focus now more on people and what I can do to help them.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
You’re welcome Patty! Be the solution to their problem =)
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January 5, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Hi Ray,
Great points…the people you associate with will influence too the quality of your lifestyle. By creating a huge network of like minded people with big dreams and aspirations then it will be easier to create an abundant lifestyle.
I love the idea of having a clear vision..see it clearly, feel it every day, work for it and watch how it becomes reality.
Productivty is an aspect that can always be improved through focus and practice. It’s amazing how much can you achieve in one day if you eliminate the distractions and the low-value tasks.
Thanks for sharing these tips. I appreciate it:)
Enjoy your cruise. You deserve it!
~Radu
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Thanks so much Radu!
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January 5, 2012 at 3:54 pm
When looking at a company its important to look at the founders and their values. Nicely put.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Thanks Jacob!
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January 5, 2012 at 4:16 pm
It’s amazing in network marketing that we can take off for 2 weeks. Do nothing to build our business. Then come back in 2 weeks and get raise.
Find a job that can do that. non!!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I don’t know of any jobs like that
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January 5, 2012 at 4:30 pm
I like it, it is too funny, I was looking to write about something today too…the one thing I could think was books, so I made a blog post about all the books(well most of them) that I have read, I have read so many books, whats funny I have yet to read this one, I will now though..thank you for sharing.
I will use this post as a cheat sheet to make sure I get all the nuggets out of it lol…
John Pate
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Rock on!
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January 5, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Thanks for this post Ray. Its always good to get a perspective from a top income earner. I have been reading your posts consistently for a few days now and have learned tons of valuable information. I am going to work toward blogging more like you this year.
Grant
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Tim Walsh Reply:
January 5th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Hey Grant keep reading everything this guy puts out, it is extremely valuable.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Thanks Grant! Welcome!
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January 5, 2012 at 7:19 pm
True inspiration Ray! I really appreciate all of the education and motivation that you provide not only to this industry but to me!
Thanks Buddy!
Billee Brady
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Glad to help!
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January 5, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Hey Ray as always great information. Your point on network marketing being an opportunity with low overhead and risk are right on, I would also add low upfront investment also. The relatively small amount of money we must invest into our network marketing businesses to produce an upside and return that blows traditional businesses away is amazing. The key is you must be willing to stick your neck out and take the chance of being ridiculed by some. But it is worth it.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
It’s definitely worth it!
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January 5, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Hi, Ray
Love what you wrote :
the founders and leaders are what made me commit.
I wish I know that a few years when I started in MLM
Big Thanks
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
You’re welcome Hezi
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January 5, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Ray, your first point – “pick people not opportunity” really hit home for me. The one reason why it took me so long to be successful was because I did not have the right support. Like others, I was determined to be successful even if I had to go it alone. But rather than being focused on the opportunity if I would have focused more on the leadership and my upline I would be much further along today. However, I have no regrets!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Keep movin forward!
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January 5, 2012 at 10:02 pm
For me, your points in the article were all well taken, but that picture of you eating dinner with your wife by the waterfall in Fiji had the most visceral impact. That picture encapsulates the lifestyle I want to have. When I am eating lunch from the lunch truck because our industrial park has no good food places nearby, that is the picture I want in my brain to inspire me to escape the rat race. More great lifestyle pics, please. For those of us that enjoy that vicarious thrill before we can enjoy it ourselves.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
There will be more to come
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January 5, 2012 at 11:20 pm
Ray, I’m always telling Dean how I would love to take a vacation, but with the company we currently own,taking time off is nearly impossible. What I love about network marketing and one of the reasons we’re building this business is for time freedom. That’s where the real value in life comes from: the freedom to do what you want with your time. Thanks for the great article.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Absolutely! Glad you liked it Mary
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January 5, 2012 at 11:41 pm
Hello Ray,
I really enjoyed this post! I love how you promote choosing people, not the opportunity. This is so true. Having the right group of people to support you is critical. It has definitely been my experience!
I also agree that we should focus on building a residual income through our MLM opportunity. I have found that I have lost more money through trying to sell affiliate products. I am having much more success with a focus on building my opportunity.
Thanks for a great post!
Cheryl
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Thanks Cheryl!
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January 6, 2012 at 12:39 am
Awesome Summary Ray… appreciate your value and your candor… I think a Caribbean Cruise in April is my next Vacation goal.. thanks for reminding me to set it in my sites
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Glad to help Roger!
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January 6, 2012 at 12:41 am
Ray,
This was a great post. What really resonated with me is that a lot of people out there move from one shiney new thing to the next and really never experience the full potential of their original choices. I also agree that a lot of people out there choose companies to join for the wrong reasons.
I will be definitely reflecting on this and trying to use it to create a piece of content for my site that builds on what you have only solidified for me.
Keep them coming!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Glad you like it Chad
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January 6, 2012 at 2:13 am
Great Post Today Ray! As a top producer in my company, I’m constantly making sure my time isn’t wasted on spending too much time on the wrong people. Great Post! -ec
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Thanks Elias!
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January 6, 2012 at 8:02 am
Awesome points Ray, as always! I really like point #3 because without looking at time management, everything falls to pieces! Once you have this managed, you can begin to really work focused, effectively, and efficiently in building a legacy. Thx Ray! Have a great weekend.
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Thanks Jenny
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January 7, 2012 at 11:25 am
Work life balance and vacations, enjoy the cruise Ray!
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Ray Higdon Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Thank you Janet!
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January 29, 2012 at 12:25 pm
My goal is simple. Provide for my children. Through my company and your training I am well on my way.
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